In the 1970’s, many of Penn Central’s customers were suffering from unreliable service, often because age and deferred maintenance had taken their toll on PC’s motive power. Two electric utilities... (more)

A Conrail B23-7 and three of the Susquehanna’s ex-BN SD45’s lead westbound NYS&W Sea-Land stack train NTV-9 out of the Delaware River Valley at Deposit, New York. After cresting the grade at Gulf... (more)

Soon after the New York, Susquehanna & Western revitalized its main line to Sparta Junction, New Jersey, and also rejuvenated the newly-acquired former L&HR mainline between Sparta Junction and th... (more)

For a few serendipitous years, the Susquehanna operated the Delaware & Hudson, and rostered 24 new C40-8’s. Here a Guilford EMD mars an otherwise matched set of four of the GE’s near BD interlocki... (more)

A Delaware & Hudson train from Buffalo curves northward to join the D&H Susquehanna Subdivision at Binghamton, New York. The Susquehanna, as court- appointed operator of the D&H, has supplied a CS... (more)

A four-month-old Susquehanna B40-8 leads a northbound Delaware & Hudson train past the unused Bevier Street yard office in Binghamton, New York. An SD45 is assisting the GE on what appears to be a... (more)

The lineup behind the Black River & Western is varied and eclectic. To the extreme left, the cab of 2-8-0 60, torn apart for a major overhaul, can be seen. Recently-acquired Santa Fe CF7 2419 is o... (more)

In 1984, the Black River & Western had 2-8-0 60 apart for an overhaul, so passenger duties were split between diesel-hauled trains and ex-PRR gas-electric 4666. The Brill doodlebug, seen here at t... (more)

After dropping their train on the main, four Monongahela Super Sevens continue northward to the yard throat at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. There they will reverse and thread their way back thr... (more)